(blues music)
- It's the holidays.
You know what that means.
Holiday cheer with you and your beloved,
spreading mirth and good times to everyone in the world,
and, flexing in front of your coworkers.
It's ladylike,
and this is the secret santa
style
swap
situation.
(blues music)
- First of all, I love the holidays, I love them very much.
- When I think of the holidays,
I tend to think of...
Fireplaces.
- I think of spices, I think candles, the lights.
- I love cookies,
I love chocolate oranges,
I have three Christmas aprons
- I kind of actually think of surprises,
because the whole gift giving experience is about
surprising your loved ones with how thoughtful you are.
- Even though I didn't grow up celebrating Christmas,
I've really enjoyed Christmas parties,
like it's a chance for everyone to get together
in cute outfits, and have tasty drinks.
- The BuzzFeed holiday parties are always really fun.
- It's always like a nice way to kind of like
get into a little bit of trouble with your coworkers
that's still HR sanctioned.
- A lot of people here are very much into fashion,
so the holiday party I think is just a good excuse
for people to drink, eat, and look hot.
I do actually have a suit that I'd already bought,
but I need the accessories.
- So we are styling each others holiday party outfits
but we're putting a twist on it,
we're doing secret santa style, holiday party styling.
What does that mean, you might ask?
- Everyone's going to be pulling a name out of a santa hat,
and it's going to be someone on a team,
that's the person that they have to style.
And then we're going to spin the Holiday Roulette wheel.
So I'm providing a little bit of framework for everybody.
On this wheel I've put all the characters from
holiday movies that we know and love,
except I just realized there aren't a lot of strong
female leads in holiday movies,
so I had to make up a character.
Her name is Missy Mistletoe.
With the screenplay pending (chuckling).
But I have the ghost of Christmas Past from
A Muppet Christmas Carol,
the Mean Girls girls from that part of the movie,
Rudolf, who I heard is actually a woman,
twitter told me so this may be false.
We have Jack Skellington, not a woman
but also an awesome movie.
This said The Grinch and then my finger touched it.
- Ahhh yay, look at this non denominational receptacle.
I'm going reach my hand in.
Wooow.
- Who is this?
(gasping)
(mouthing the name Chantel)
- I got Devin.
Awe man I hope she doesn't find out.
- God dammit, I knew I was gonna get Kristin.
She's the most fashion forward
out of everyone in this video.
- Jen! Ahh I got Jen!
- Wheee!
He would be so mad
if I just dressed him up in a Santa suit.
- So Fred already had her own outfit planned for this,
so she's not gonna be participating in the secret santa part
but she will be around to give commentary on our outfits.
It's spin the wheel time.
We have a wheel
- [Director] The fun don't stop.
- We have a tree
I'm scared to spin the wheel, I've never spun the wheel
ever before.
I guess so, I mean it's almost the end of 2018,
what are we waiting for?
- [Director] Spin that wheel!
- Yeah!
- Ugh!
(clapping)
Yes, yes, yes.
- The ghost of Christmas past.
- Missy Mistletoe.
- [Dicrector] This thing I made up.
- This thing you made up.
- Oh! (laughing)
Saved by the notch.
(gasps)
- Flamingo foursome!
So basically sexy santa.
She wanted to look hot, she wanted that very badly.
Yes, I can do this.
Alright, I have two hours to shop for a look for someone.
- I'm realizing that I know nothing about an oxford shirt,
or an oxford comma for that matter.
- So I'm shopping for Chantel, I think I'm gonna get
this tuxedo dress with a cape, the thing is
it's a little boob-y
- I texted Kristin to ask her advice,
I was just like, is this cute?
Cause I don't know.
She's recommending I try to find something
a little more preppy chic for Jen,
I don't know what the (bleep) that means.
- I still have to order my outfits for Devin
I've just been browsing the ASOS website
so I'm just gonna like, look and find some stuff.
I wanna do something white or silver or shimmery.
It feels like ASOS really likes the color black.
This is the dress we are gonna go with,
just look at all those fine details.
It looks really nice on this model
so I think that's a good sign.
- So I found Kristin's dress, but, the thing is,
I want to make some slight alterations to it.
I'm about to go head out to Joann's
to see about a fabric cape.
- The target I'm focusing on right now is finding her a tie
because I feel like the color of the tie can really be
what brings this into it's theme.
- So I was super excited about getting him
a shiny red blazer situation, it's not in his size.
The websites, they're not being kind to me today.
- So today is fitting day,
each person will be blindfolded and do a blind fitting,
trying on the outfits, making sure they feel comfortable,
making sure it fits, and making sure that you know,
they generally feel happy in it, even without seeing it.
- I'm waiting to give Chantel her dress.
I just got it, it's like a little bit flimsy,
so I'm a little concerned she's not gonna like it,
in fact I started shopping for new dresses,
like, 20 minutes ago.
- I don't think I'm gonna be super shocked by anything,
Kristin once said I dress like a butch nun,
and I think that's the best way to describe it.
I'm not super out there but, you know, I do like color
so I'm anticipating a little bit of color.
- I actually already know what dress that I have
because it was a dress that was taken
from dresses I already own,
but it's going to be tszujed up apparently.
- So I'm a little bit confused as to the mechanics
of how this is gonna work.
Oh no!
(laughter)
How about I just do this?
- Bring on my clothes!
- I'm a nervous Nancy.
- Okay someone when clothes are coming close to me,
I don't like this.
- I'm gonna go put on my shirt, and my jacket,
and then I'll be ready to try on some accessories,
which my secret santa has so graciously, oh god, provided.
- Okay, oh! That's fun.
- Kristin is trying on her dress right now,
I'm a little bit nervous about it.
- Okay
I feel like this is where the breasteses will go,
is that right?
- [Director] Yes.
There's no bottoms, are there bottoms?
Oh God!
(laughter)
I'm gonna be frozen!
- Let me know if you need any assistance, I'm here for you.
- Jen is about to try on the outfit that I got for her
for the holiday party, there's two different shoes options,
so there's kind of like the red velvety ones,
I got that in two sizes just in case.
(clapping shoes together)
- I think they do feel narrow,
I don't know if my duck feet are gonna fit in these.
I have a feeling,
oh yeah, oh no.
- [Fred] You kinda put it on like a jacket.
- [Chantel] What?
But what about the legs?
What?
(laughter)
It's a dress?
- Yeah.
- [Chantel] It felt like a blouse.
My vagina's gonna be out!
(laughter)
- And then there's, it's a men's shoe,
but it looks very nice.
It has a little, ornate, golden pattern, and they're black.
- [Jen] These are comfortable shoes.
They kinda feel like slippers a little bit, which I like.
- [Kristin] What? Oh my god.
Woo!
(laughter)
It feels really good.
I'm so excited.
- Ooh!
(laughter)
This is very cute, I think.
I know what this is, this is a skinny tie,
which is my favorite type of tie,
I think we're gonna have a really fun time,
- [Chantel] I feel like I know who did this to me.
So Kristin, take a look at your creation.
(laughter)
So here's my vagina, and here are my nipples.
(laughter)
Are you happy?
(inquisitive music)
- Whatever happened to me fit really well.
It seems like a lot of thought went into this.
I couldn't tell you what the silhouette is,
cause there's just stuff happening all over the place.
- I'm a little bit nervous,
but we'll see what sort of
adjustments happen to my frock by Wednesday.
Kristin has her work cut out for her because
she's only got less than two days to get this all going.
- So the dress actually fits worse than I thought it would,
guess what I'm gonna have to do is go shopping right now
because the holiday party's in two days, oh my god.
So I just went to Zara and bought a 4th thing, hopefully,
it works, cause if it doesn't,
naked time?
I don't know.
- Today's the day of the holiday party which means
we are trying on our outfits
and revealing ourselves to our secret santas.
- This has been a wild ride, to say the least.
- The dress I initially got for Chantel
did not cover her boobs, did not cover her vagina,
that was even the bigger size.
- Something has to work, because our time is up,
there's nothing else left to do.
- I'm for sure gonna go with whatever tie they picked out.
- I had to tell Chantel that I was her secret santa
because the problem is, is that once you get into
time crunch, fit issues, it's like, alright,
we can dispense of the un-pleasantries.
- I'm very excited to meet my secret santa,
and give him a little hug.
- Okay, I did find out who my secret santa is but it's okay.
So it was Kristin
- Even though I know it was Jen, and even though
I know her theme, I don't know what she was looking at,
I have zero ideas, I'm a little nervous.
- Oh, is this what my secret santa has picked out for me?
(gasping)
Woo!
Oh, so pretty!
- Ooh!
Oh hell yeah.
(gasping)
- what?
Oh,
my god, am I gonna cry?
I know I'm really jet lagged so
that makes me super emotional but this is so pretty!
- We got a nice little tie,
and we got a little pocket square, which,
I wish my blazer had a pocket, it does not,
but I can wear it right now.
- Ooh!
Look at this jacket, I don't own anything like this.
Holy (bleep)
I hope it fits but as I'm holding it in my hand,
I love this.
- Hopefully this'll look cute.
(drum roll)
Oh my god! What?!
- Woop! Whoa!
This is so cool.
Look at this slit, look at this, I love this.
- This is dope, this jacket,
I like that it's sparkly but not magician.
That's a hard line to walk,
and this one treads it perfectly.
- I,
am,
dead.
Which is great, because I'm the ghost of Christmas past.
This is absolutely stunning.
I feel like a Hollywood tiara movie star.
I feel like a crown jewel.
- What up, everybody?
This is me in my little outfit.
- [Director] You look great
- Thank you, it's just a very basic blazer pants combo,
white shirt, this is actually a shirt meant for,
it's from JC Penny, boys section.
- Wow, Devin, I am obsessed with this jacket.
I've never owned a tie that has this kind of texture to it,
this really soft felt texture.
It's just so fun, it's so festive.
- A beautiful little capelet has been sewn to one arm.
This was tszujed up.
- [Director] Tszujed up by your secret santa,
- [Kristin] Chantel!
- It me
(laughter)
- I was very worried about it being too much together.
- No, I think it's like, I love it.
- Because the dress is already,
it's making a statement on its own, and then the cape,
since I had to go along with the theme,
cause normally I probably would have
just done a solid color,
I found this and thought that it was really pretty and,
it looks like a lot to the eye,
but I feel like it'll photograph really well.
- No, it's going to photograph, I mean, here's the thing.
I wanted an extra holiday party look,
- Yes (laughing)
- And this is what I got.
- I love blazers and it's supposed to be cold tonight.
- I mean you're not exactly covered up, so I don't know
if you're gonna be protected against the cold
- But my shoulders are warm.
- Well maybe your shoulders for beoop.
- I would not have expected a Janice Ian take on mean girls
versus a Lindsay Lohan or any of the quote "mean girls".
- So that look is kind of like skirts, and crop tops,
and high boots, and ♪boop boop femininity♪.
And I feel like it's not really your sexy go to look,
- Yeah.
- And so I was like, how can I adapt this?
I like the "deep V" aesthetic,
but I think that we need to get this up a little bit,
and we need this a little bit more (suction sound)
- I love the jacket, the pants fit great.
- Oh, you're showing me your butt.
Hi butt, oh wow.
- It's perfect, I love it, who was my secret santa?
- What up everybody?
I'm santa, santa's hot now!
So I just went to ASOS, looked for dresses
that I thought were appropriately flashy,
but also kind of elegant, too.
I know you don't like things that are super super boob-y,
so I figured this was just a little bit of a V,
but not super deep, not gonna make you uncomfortable,
and then the cut, I feel like it's really fun,
it's like a short dress, but it's also a long dress.
- Here's your secret santa!
- Oh my god
- Surprise (bleep) it's me
(laughter)
- Oh my god, shut up, what, hey Mike.
- I know, I kind of wondered if you knew it was me
when you were blindfolded the other day and I was...
- I kinda, I mean here's the thing.
I recognize everybody on the way they like to laugh,
- I was trying not to laugh
- I know, it was like little bursts of air
but I was still kinda like, I think that's Mike.
- I got this tie on Amazon, it's not exactly mistletoe,
but it is plants.
- I love it.
- I feel like Missy Mistletoe is an elegant lady,
so I just wanted a little floral attached to something
that's not overly feminine,
but just a little bit if royalty, almost.
- Sure!
- Who did your tie for you?
- Devin actually tied my tie for me
- Would you mind if I, okay.
- Alright, (bleep) yeah.
- Ohh (bleep)
- Yeah
- She's ready to go
- I am ready to go
- [Devin] Ready to see who your secret santa is?
- Who's my secret santa, Devin?
Oh it's her, it's Devin!
(laughter)
She did it!
- Your tie meant New England Christmas, and this just felt
like New England Christmas.
- I feel like I'm at my Newport mansion,
- Yeah
- And I'm just really posh?
- And then this,
- And my little antler tie clip,
I've also never worn a tie clip before,
and you couldn't see this before but I just wanted to show
but there's red
- Cause he's Rudolf the Red Nose Reindeer
- This is really the finish on top.
- Now it's time we all gotta get glammed up,
and get ready for pictures, cause it's almost time.
- It's our big night.
(laughter)
- On a Wednesday.
Megan made a point that we still have to
come to work tomorrow
- We'll see where we go, that'll be great.
I just had my session with GLAMSQUAD, I'm loving this.
I got my hair tszujed, I got some makeup put on,
basically what I told them was to make me look less dead,
and it actually looks like I've gotten some sleep,
it looks like I don't have a cold, so they're magical.
- Doing a very small shimmy,
so that I don't disturb my hair, it's very small.
- Thank you GLAMSQUAD
(laughter)
(big band music)
- After a full day of glamming up, we did it!
(camera shutter noise)
- [Everybody] We did it!
- It is now
4:19, and the holiday party doesn't start 'til 7.
- So see you in three hours, boys.
- [Director] How's it going working in your fancy outfit?
- I just doing business work even though I'm a queen,
(laughter)
it's a weird situation, like in a rom-com.
- There's some time to kill before the party,
so that's what I'm doing, then it's gonna get lit.
- [Director] Yeah, you look hot though.
- Oh my god, thank you.
(big band music)
(slow big band music)
(creaky outro noise)